Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction · Texas

J & L Line Services

Edgewood, TX · ~77 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J & L Line Services runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction workplace, earning a grade B.

J & L Line Services: 2.0 TCR = 71% of Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J & L Line Services safety composite

J & L Line Services scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−2.3

2020→2022

J & L Line Services injury rate improved

J & L Line Services's TCR fell 2.3 from 3.5 in 2020 to 1.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=3.5 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Edgewood, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 71% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #93/161
  • PHOTO Kansas Line
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kansas Line (0.0 TCR gap)

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J & L Line Services in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows J & L Line Services averages 2.0 TCR (71% of the Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

J & L Line Services TCR series: 2020=3.5 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=1.2 · BLS 2.8

Where J & L Line Services falls in its industry

1,605 Utility line (i.e., communicat establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #93 safest of 161 Utility line (i.e., communicat employers in Texas.

J & L Line Services (77 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate J & L Line Services
J & L Line Services (77 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

J & L Line Services has more employees than the Utility line (i.e., communication, elect median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2022 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2021 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2020 3.5 2.3 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · TX · Edgewood

1,605 Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 3 employers in Edgewood, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Kansas Line 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CLINE_HQ 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SouthWest Texas EC 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR JALBEAR BROTHERS POWERLINE CONSTRUCTION 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE FLOYDADA COOP GIN 2 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holman Well Service 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Woodlands Service Center 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Huntsville 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR 32800 STORE 32800 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store #98 20 FTE
NAT-TCR Whimet Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Burns Harbor, IN 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Laminated Materials Corporation 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Thompson Industrial Services, LLC, Division 34 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Holiday Inn - downtown Johnstown 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dale Moten Trucking 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbine Health Systems 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beaver Holdings, Inc 77 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.